The elusive purseweb spider Atypus snetsingeri (female at left, male at right), found in southeastern Pennsylvania, is the target of a citizen-science project called “Map the Spider,” led by naturalist Steven Tessler, Ph.D. (Photo by Steven Tessler, Ph.D.)
Atypus snetsingeri purseweb spiders
The elusive purseweb spider Atypus snetsingeri (female at left, male at right), found in southeastern Pennsylvania, is the target of a citizen-science project called “Map the Spider,” led by naturalist Steven Tessler, Ph.D. (Photo by Steven Tessler, Ph.D.)
I caught a male in my living room this morning!!! Whoa. I put him safely out in the garden in west Philly.
I caught a female in central Pennsylvania. Near Blue Knob State Park.